Stone Giant: Michelangelo's David and How He Came to Be Hardcover – Illustrated, April 8, 2014

We did a unit study on Italy in our homeschool and this book came highly recommended for the Michelangelo section. My kids are a bit obsessed with the David sculpture, partly because one of my kids shares his name, but also because he’s naked. What kid doesn’t love a 17 foot nude marble sculpture? Anyway, this book is a fun way to learn how David was carved, and included some details other Michelangelo books didn’t include, so that was fun. It’s a great story and I love the illustrations.

This book was the perfect explanation for my grandson who is fascinated by the creation of art by chiseling stone.

Beautiful drawings. Very well explained. My children loved it. They even took it to school and their teacher read it to all their class.

Beautiful artwork and a good story for children in a high-quality hardcover edition. Ours are now inspired to see the real David on an upcoming trip to Florence!

Michelangelo’s David is such a well-known masterpiece that I always thought it was his idea from the first chip of marble. Not so! Sutcliffe sets just the right tone to engage readers in the fascinating tale of this stone “troublemaker” that stumped numerous artists for nearly forty years before Michelangelo saw his David in the massive block. Shelley’s detailed, colorful illustrations are a masterpiece themselves, each demanding a closer look. An inspiring book for the artist in everyone.

I found it at the library and liked it. The book explains with accuracy the story of how the David was made in a way that can still be understood by a child.

Great book to share with children over 8. Younger kids might not be as taken with story or pictures.

Michaelangelo's David comes to glorious life in this marvelous picture book page-turner. Kids will gather with the people of Florence to discover just what Michaelangelo did with that old, weather-worn marble block, the stone giant.